The Puzzle of the Theories of Functional Proteins:What has in Common with Ibuprofen Carbon Monoxide Poisoning? A Philosophical Answer to a Scientific Problem
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https://doi.org/10.48160/18532330me8.167Keywords:
protein, Monod-Wyman-Changeux theory, theoretical reduction, incommensurabilityAbstract
In this article it is shown by an epistemological analysis that two paradigmatic biological phenomena are not explained by the theories usually employed in the area. From such analysis it is therefore predicted that in the literature there implicitly exists a proper alternative.
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